12:30 p.m. The Digital Music Forum East Conference media luncheon will take place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place.

4 p.m. The Board of Directors of the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation will meet in the main conference room at Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th St.

5:30 p.m. Granny Peace Brigade members and author Malachy McCourt protest the appearance of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain at an Irish-American Republican Club event at the Women’s Republican Club, 3 West 51st St.

5:30 p.m. Bronx CUNY college presidents launch a new scholarship fund at the The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

6 p.m. The American Heart Association hosts its 15th Annual Heart of New York Gala in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria.

6 p.m. Author Chris Hedges discusses his book, “American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America” at the James Memorial Chapel, 3041 Broadway.

6:30 p.m. NBC’s Tim Russert moderates a discussion with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Governor Mario Cuomo on the 2008 presidential election at The Great Hall at The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th St.

7 p.m. Anti-war activists hold a meeting to plan the March 17 National March on the Pentagon at the Community Church, 40 East 35th St.

7:30 p.m. Dan Donovan, Richmond County (Staten Island) District Attorney, will speak at the Forest Park Republican Club meeting at the American Legion–Continental Post in Forest Hills, Queens.

8 p.m. Stonewall Democrats of New York City host a hearing for candidates for the East Side Assembly seat currently held by Pete Grannis, who has been nominated to be the commissioner for the state’s department of Environmental Conservation. The hearing will be held at the LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th Street [title corrected].